Fountain-pen.



PATENTED DEG. 27,1904.

0. A. PABER.

FOUNTAIN PEN. APPLICATION TILED NOV. 16, 1903.

Inventor fia/Zm i e/h Witnesse s 4 Attorney UNITED STATES Patented December 2'7, 1904.

CHARLES A. FABER, OF ToLEn oHIo. I

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 778,407, datedbecember 27, 1904. Application filed November 16, 1903. Serial No. 181,392. I

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FABER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in

the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements operation, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a fountain-pen constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating the manner of using the filling device. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line m :r of'Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is aperspective view ofthecompressorbar and its attached parts removed from the penholders.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated in the drawings the numeral 1 denotes the hollow cylindrical body of a penholder having one of its ends closed and its other end provided with a removable pen-section 2, carrying at its outer end a pen 3, which when not in use is inclosed and guarded by the usual removable coveror cap 4. To the inner end of the pen-section 2 is secured at 5 the open end of a collapsible ink-container 6, which is preferably in the form of a sack or bag of rubber or other suitable material. Said sack or container is of such a nature or construction that it will immediately expand or return to its normal position after it has been collapsed, and it is disposed within the body of the penholder with its open end communicating with the usual'ink passage or duct 7 in the pen-section 2 to permit the ink to feed from said container to the points of the pen 3. Thepenholder is filled by placing its point 3 in ink, compressing or collapsing the container or sack 6, and then allowing it to expand and draw in the ink. In order to collapse' the sack 6, a compressor-bar 8 is disposed longitudinally Within the penholder and engages the sack. Said compressor-bar is preferably stamped from a piece of sheet metal, and at the center of its sides two lugs} 9 are bent upat right angles, so as to project into a slot or opening 101 in the body of the holder. Between the outene'nds of these lugs a lever 11 is pivoted upon a pin 12. Said -lever is pivoted adjacent to one of its ends,and its longer end or arm 13 is adapted when in its normal position to lie flush with the outer surface of the body 1 in a recess 14-. adjacent to the slot 10. The short end or arm of the lever 11 is square and adapted to coact with a locking-spring 15, riveted or otherwise secured to the top of the compressor-bar, as clearly seen in Fig. 5. The outer end of said spring is' bent or hook-shaped, as'shown at 16, to engage a shoulder 17 in the pen-body, formed adjacent .to the opening or slot 10. When thelever 11 is in its lowered position 'at right angles to the lugs 9, its square end engages the spring looking-arm 15 and holds its end 16 in engagement with the shoulder 17,

thereby locking the lever in its lowered position and preventing any movement of the compressor-bar. When the lever is swung up to its vertical position, as shown in Fig. 3, the spring 15 is released, and its end disengages from the shoulder 17 to permit the lugs 9 and lever 11 to be reciprocated in the slot 10.

When, the lever is forced inwardly, the compressor-bar 8 will collapse the sack or container 6, which will leased.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood. The lever is swung to its elevated position, forced inwardly tocollapse the ink-sack, then withdrawn and swungdown to its lower position, the point of the pen be ing submerged in ink to permit the same to be drawn into the sack as it expands.

expand as soon as re- It will be seen that I have provided a simple, durable. and eflicient filling device for fountainrpens, which may be manufactured at small cost. As the device is inclosed within the pen-body with its lever lying flush with i the outer surface of the body, the holder has quiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fountain-pen comprising a suitable holder having an opening or slot, acollapsible ink-container in said holder, a compressor-bar in said holder coacting with said collapsible container, and an operating device carried by andpivotally connected to said compressorbar and projecting through the opening in said holder, substantially as described.

2. A fountain-pen comprising a suitable holder having an opening or slot, acollapsible ink-container in said holder, a compressor-bar in said holder coacting with said collapsible container, 'a lever carried by and havinga pivotal connection with said compressor-bar and adapted to be reeiprocated in the slot in said holder to actuate said compressor-bar, and means for locking said lever and compressorbar, substantially as described.

3. A fountain -pen comprising a suitable holder having an opening or slot, acollapsible ink-container in said holder, acompressor-bar in said holder coacting with saidcollapsible container, a lever carried by and having apivotal connection with said compressor-bar and adapted to be reciprocated in the slot in said holder to actuate said compressor-bar, and a spring device actuated by said lever for bolding the same and the compressor-bar against movement, substantially as described.

4:. A fountain pen comprising aholder having a slot or opening and a recess adjacent to said opening, a collapsible ink-container in said holder, a compressor-bar in said holder adapted to collapse said container and having a lug or arm projecting into the opening in said holder, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends to said lug and adapted to'lie in the recess in said holder, and a spring engaging one end of said lever to hold it in said recess, substantially as described.

5. A fountain-pen comprising a holder, having a slot or opening and a recess adjacent to said opening, a collapsible ink-container in said holder, a compressor-bar in said holder adapted to collapse said container and having a lug or arm projecting into the opening in said holder, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends to said lug and adapted to lie in the recess in said holder, and a locking-spring having a bent end adapted to be forced by said lover into engagement with the holder to lock the compressor-bar against movement and the lever in the recess in said holder, substantially as described.

6. A self-filling fountain-pen comprising a hollow holder having an opening or slot, a recess and a shoulder-adjacent to said slot, acollapsible ink-sack in saidholder, a compressor bar in said holder adapted to collapse said sack and having lugs projecting into the opening in said holder, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends to said lugs and adapted to lie in the recess in said holder, a spring secured to said compressor-bar having a bent end adapted to .be' held in engagement with the shoulder of said holder by one end of said lever, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- DQSSBS.

CHARLES A. FABER.

Witnesses:

F. K. Hoeun, S. N. YoUNe. 

